Opium



Pulse 100 (after three hours). Pulse 108. Pulse 130. Pulse 80 (after five hours); 120, weak and irregular (after six hours).

Pulse 50, soft and full (after two hours and twenty minutes); 90, small and soft (after three hours); later, almost gone. Pulse 96 (after two hours and a half); 100, small and feeble (after six hours and a quarter); 104 (after nine hours); 136 (after ten hours); 140 to 150 (after twelve hours and a quarter); 150 (after thirty hours). Pulse 82, full and incompressible (second day); 78, a little full and more compressible (third day); 78, (fourth day). Pulse about 100, irregular, but full (after three hours and a half). Pulse, when it could be reckoned, 126 (after one hour); 55 (after six hours). Pulse diminished by about 14 beats the first four hours; after ten hours accelerated about 30 beats. (* From the inunction of 2 drachms of Opium (after fifty minutes).- HAHNEMANN. *) In five minutes, pulse beat 74; ten, 74; fifteen, 74; twenty, 76; twenty-five, 78; thirty, 80; thirty-five, 72; forty, 70; forty-five, or 64; fifty, 64; fifty-five, 66; sixty, 70; seventy-five, 70; ninety, 70. In two minutes pulse beat 70; five, 74; ten, 76; fifteen, 76; twenty, 74; twenty-five, 74; thirty, 74; thirty-five, 72; forty-five, 70; fifty, 70; fifty- five, 70; sixty, 70; I could scarcely perceive any variation in the strength or fullness of the pulse. In five minutes, pulse beat 68; ten, 68; fifteen, 70; twenty- five, 70; thirty-five, 74; sixty, 76; ninety-five, 76; one hundred and twenty, 76; one hundred and fifty, 72; one hundred and seventy, 68; two hundred, 68; three hundred, 68; three hundred and sixty, 68. In five minutes, pulse beat 54; fifteen, 54; twenty-five, 58; thirty- five, 54; forty, 52; forty-five, 52; sixty-five, 54; dinner, after which it rose to 64. Pulse 95 (before the experiment); 86, soft and easily compressed (after fifteen minutes); 83, weak and soft (after thirty, and forty-five minutes); 90, weak and small (after one hour). Pulse 108, firm and regular (before the experiment); 88, soft (after ten minutes); 84 (after twenty, and thirty minutes); 84, weaker (after forty minutes); 72, feeble and small (after fifty minutes); 76, weak and not quite regular (after sixty minutes); 90, regular and rather stronger (after seventy minutes); 96 (after one hundred and twenty minutes); 108 (after one hundred and eighty minutes). In five minutes, pulse beat 70; ten, 66; fifteen, 68; twenty, 70; twenty-five, 67; thirty, 68; thirty-five, 70; forty, 70; fifty, 67; sixty, 68; seventy, 62; (* Very weak. *) eighty, 60; ninety, 58; one hundred, 54; one hundred and ten, 53; one hundred and twenty, 56; one hundred and thirty, 56, one hundred and forty, 58; one hundred and fifty-five, 59; one hundred and seventy, 57; had supper 9.15, 64. 12 o’clock, pulse 64, one drop of tincture of Opium in a little water; 12.3 o’clock, pulse 70; 12.10 o’clock, pulse 68; 12.20 o’clock, pulse 68, at which it continued; increased the action of the heart at first by 6 beats in a minute, and afterwards by 4 beats for a considerable time; the action of one dose, with one effect only. In five minutes, pulse beat 44; ten, 44; fifteen, 44; twenty, 44; twenty-five, 50; thirty, 52; thirty-five, 54; forty, 48; forty-five, 48; fifty, 46; fifty-five, 46; sixty, 46; seventy, 46; eighty, 44; ninety, 42; one hundred, 42, one hundred and ten, 40; one hundred and twenty; 40; one hundred and thirty-five, 44; after twenty-five minutes had elapsed there was a manifest increase as well in the strength and fullness as in the frequency of the pulse; in an hour this began to diminish, and continued decreasing till near the end of the experiment. Its pulse, during the last two inspirations, was about 50 to the minute; during the spasm and suspension of breathing it would run up to about 100, become very weak, and finally cease at the wrists about six seconds before the breathing was resumed (after three hours); from 90 to 100 (after six hours); would cease at the wrists before the breathing was resumed (after ten hours). Her pulse, which was large, equal, and not very frequent, sank, and began to intermit which was large, equal, and not very frequent, sank, and began to intermit a quarter of an hour before her death. (* Revised by Hughes; effects of a scruple.-HAHNEMANN. *) In some, irregularity and feebleness of the pulse, with pain in the cardiac region, indicate the supervention of organic disease, or severe functional disturbance, of the heart. Pulse thready; (second day). Laboring pulse. Pulse fluttering and scarcely perceptible. Pulse intermittent, irregular, small, 100 (third day). Pulse weak and irregular (after three hours); 120 very weak (after five hours and a half). Pulse weak and irregular, 124 (after three hours). Pulse weak and irregular (after five hours); became imperceptible, and he died (after seven hours and a half). Pulse weak and irregular (after six hours and three-quarters); almost imperceptible (after seven hours and three-quarters). Pulse slow and irregular (after half an hour). Pulse became smaller, more frequent, and irregular. Pulse slow, irregular, and feeble (after one hour and a half). Pulse 60, but not strong (after one hour and a half). Pulse 75 and weak (after two hours and a half). Pulse 90, not strong (after two hours). Pulse could be slightly felt, about 90, and very irregular. Pulse 100, feeble (after half an hour); (after fifteen hours); (after three hours and a half); (after two hours and a half). Pulse 110, very weak.

Pulse 120, weak (after seven hours); (after seven hours and a half). Weak, sinking, tremulous, and irregular pulse (after eight hours). Pulse feeble, beating 40 to the minute. Pulse feeble (after two hours); (after five hours); (after twelve hours).

Pulse very weak (after three hours and a half). Pulse weak. Pulse very feeble, difficult to count (after two hours). Feeble, irregular pulse (after six hours and a half). Pulse exceedingly feeble; (after four hours). Pulse frequent and weak. Pulse weak and frequent, and sometimes fluttering. The pulse became more and more feeble, and the patient died. Pulse reduced from 108 to 72, with chilliness and shivering, diminished activity, great weakness, though with increased hunger. Pulse small, and slightly increased in frequency (after a quarter of an hour). Pulse small, and slightly increased in frequency (after a quarter of an hour).

Pulse weak, suppressed, slow, small. It diminishes the rapidity of the pulse and respiration. The pulse was depressed, and exhibited the phenomenon of prostrated excitability, being small and almost imperceptible (after about half an hour). Pulse small and feeble (after two hours). Pulse weak (after one hour and a half). Pulse feeble, scarcely to be felt (after one hour and three- quarters). Pulse, which cold scarcely be felt, extremely small and irregular (after six hours). Pulse feeble, threadlike, and scarcely perceptible. Pulse 96, small (second day). Pulse 100 (after two hours and a half); small and quick (after six hours and a quarter). Pulse 120, small and irregular. Pulse 120, small and weak (after twenty-six hours and a half). Pulse 126, small, and irregular in force (after one hour). Pulse small and weak (one hour after 3 drops). Pulse small (after 6 drops). Pulse almost imperceptible in the radial artery. Pulse scarcely perceptible; (after four or five hours). Almost pulseless. Pulse almost imperceptible and irregular (after three hours and a half). Pulse scarcely to be felt. Impulse of heart could not be felt (after four hours). The pulse could not be felt, but on applying the ear to the chest the heart’s action was quite perceptible. Pulse scarcely to be felt, and tremulous (the next morning). Absence of pulsation at the wrists; slight beating of the carotids. No pulse perceptible at wrists (after eighteen hours). Suppressed pulse; (after thirty-five minutes); (after five or six hours); (after two hours). Anxiety at the precordial (after two hours). Sense of heaviness and oppression of heart (after eighty minutes). Strong pulsation in the carotid arteries (second day). Heart’s sounds very weak (after three hours). Pulse imperceptible, the heart’s action feebly dicrotic, irregular, with not more than 40 contractions in the minute (in half an hour). Pulse very quick and irregular, and so weak as to be with difficulty perceptible. Pulse 146, irregular in volume and rhythm (after two hours); 140, very feeble, compressible, and irregular (after three hours). Pulse 100 (after one hour and a half). Pulse 80 on taking the drug; 84 (after five to fifteen minutes); 82 (after twenty minutes); 80 (after twenty-five minutes); 72 (after thirty minutes); 80 (after thirty-five minutes); 76 (after forty to sixty minutes); 80 (after sixty-five and seventy minutes).

Pulse 72, before taking; same (after five to twenty minutes; 78 (after twenty-five and thirty minutes); 80 (after thirty-five to forty-five minutes); 84 (after fifty and fifty-five minutes); decline in force, but was full (after fifty minutes), 72 (after sixty minutes); 68 (after sixty-five minutes); 76 (after seventy minutes); 80 (after seventy-five to eighty-five minutes); 84 (after ninety minutes); 80 (after ninety-five minutes); 76 (after one hundred, to one hundred and ten minutes); 72 (after one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and twenty minutes); slow and full, without much tension (second morning). Pulse small and frequent (second night). Pulse feeble and quick (after two hours). Pulse scarcely perceptible at the wrist. Pulse slow and full (after ten minutes). Pulse almost imperceptible and also irregular (after three hours). Pulseless at wrists and temples (after two hours).

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.